I'm reading Wayne Cordeiro's "Leading on Empty" and just came across the following statistics (he quotes from H.B. London Jr., Pastors at Greater Risk).
- 80 percent believe that pastoral ministry affects their families negatively.
- 33 percent say that their ministry is an outright hazard to their family.
- 75% report they've had a significant stress-related crisis at least once in their ministry.
- 50% feel unable to meet the needs of the job.
- 90% feel they're inadequately trained to cope with ministry demands.
- 25% of pastor's wives see their husband's work schedule as a source of conflict.
- Those in ministry are equally likely to have their marriage end in divorce as general church members.
- The clergy has the second highest divorce rate among all professions.
- 80% of pastors say they have insufficient time with their spouse.
- 56% of pastor's wives say that they have no close friends.
- 45% of pastor's wives say the greatest danger to them and their family is physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual burnout.
- 52% of pastors say that they and their spouses believe that being in pastoral ministry is hazardous to their family's well-being and health.
- 45.5 percent of pastors say that they've experienced depression or burnout to the extent that they need to take a leave of absence from ministry.
- 70% do not have someone they consider to be a close friend.
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